Seat covering



Nov. 22, 1927. 1,650,130

H. J. JOACHIM SEAT COVERING Filed July 14, 1927 Patented Nov. 22, 1927.

UNITED STATES "PATENT oFFlcs.

nAnnY J. Ionamin, or WEBSTER Gnovns'mrssounr.

SEAT GOVEBING.

Application rled July 14, 1927. Y Serialy No. 205,563.

This invention relates to seat coverings and is herein illustrated as embodiedin a lthat the twosections are pivotally secured' together. t-hey may be collapsed or folded when not in use as a prevention against the accumulation of dust thereon.

Seat coverings of the aforementioned type have been manufactured and sold widely, and

while they have proved saisfactory in many respects it has been found that upon being submitted to constant use certain areas of the covering sections are apt to become wornv condition is brought about by reason of the fact that when used in theseat of an automobile, or the like, theends of the covering sections that extend adjacent Vto the 'front edge of the seat and to the top edge of the back of the seat are subject to more wear than are the secured adjacent ends that lie in the crevice of the seat at the-line of junction between the botto-m and the back of the seat. When the covering becomes worn in the aforementioned manner the frayed areas no longer afford protection to Ythe clothes of the user and the frayed ends of the fibres are likely to snag or tear clothing made of thin material. Consequently, it becomes necessary to discard the covering when it reaches this stage, notwithstanding the fact that it is damaged only in localized areas. It will therefore be appreciated that by avoiding the concentration of wear upon these areas the useful life of such a covering would be substantially prolonged.

Accordingly, the present invention 'has for an important object thereof the provision of an improved seat covering which may be adjusted upon occasion to secure an even distribution of wear throughout the entire surface area of the covering. f

With a view to carrying out this object an 5 important feature of the invention resides in the provision in a seat covering having a plurality of alined sections of means forconnecting together said sections in such a manner that the sections may` be reversed to interchange the ,relative location of the inneradjacent edges and the outer opposite edges of the alinedv sections. In the illustrative embodiment of the invention this fea-` ture is carried out by means of an apron having its opposite ends secured to the two sec.

tions at equal distances from the. opposite transversely to the lengthwise dimension of 'the covering. By virtue of such a construction the two sections of the covering may be` reversed to bring into adjacent relation edges `ends of each sectionalong lines extending Y that formerly delined theopposite extremities of the covering.

These `and other features and objects of the invent-ion will become apparent from a reading of the following description and on inspection ofthe accompanying drawings, in which Y l A y Fig. I is a plan View showing the seat covering occupying a Vflattened or extended position. l

Fig. II is a side elevational view showing thecovering in the extended position and indicating in dotted linesthe position of the covering when in use-inra seat.

Fig. III is aview inside elevation-showing in full lines the position occupied by the covering when being used, and indicating diagrammaticallvby means of dotted lines,

the manner in whichythe sections of the covering may be reversed.

Fig. IV isa view i-n side elevation showing the covering applied to a seat.

As shown in the drawings7 reference numerals 10 and 12 indicate two rectangular sections of a seat covering which may be composed of fiexible interwoven straw or other suitable material. The two sections 1() and v12 are connected together by means of Fer the purpose of clarity describing' the reversible character of the covering, the adjacent edges of the sections, as shown in Fig. lV, are indicated by the reference characters a, Z), and the outer edge portions in the same illustration are indicated by the reference characters c, d. As hereinbefore pointed out, a covering positioned within a seat as indicated in Fig. IV is peculiarly subject to wear along the outer edge areas designated atl c, el, and, to the end of preventing such wear the sections l0 and l2 are bordered with marginal reinforcing strips 20.

Notwithstanding the provision of the reinforcing strips 20, continued use of the covering causes the edges c and d to become worn and frayed, thereby ceasing to afford protection at those areas to the clothes of the user, and, in the event that the fibre of which the covering is made is sufficiently tough, another danger presents itself, namely, that the frayed ends are likely to become caught upon, and snag or tear, the clothes of the user. By way of comparison it will be appreciated that the rear adjacent edges a, 7) of the covering, located within the crevice of the seat, are subject to very little wear, and have no cause for becoming worn and frayed as do the areas adjacent to the outer edges. As stated above, the present invention contemplates reversing the positions of the sections 10 and 'l2 in such a manner that the location of the inner edge areas, a and 7), may be interchanged with the outer edge areas, c and d, to produce an equal distribution of Wear through the entire surface area of both sections.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention this feature is carried out'by securing the apron 14- to the sections 10 and l2 in such a manner that the sections may be pivotally reversed relatively to the apron as shown in Fig. Hl. As there illustrated, the section l0 is, upon removal of the covering areas (l and c, which were formally loc-ated at theouter extremities of the covering, now lie adjacent to each other, and that the former inner adjacent edge areas, a and b now constitute the outer edge areas of the covering. Thus it will be seen that a reversal has been eEected which interchanges the worn port-ions of the covering with the unworn portions, thereby substantially pro longing the life of the covering.

Vhile the invention has been described herein as comprising a plurality of sections either lof which is reversible, it is to be understood that the invention contemplates similar constructions, such, for example, as one in which only one of the sections is reversible relatively to the other. Y

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

A collapsible seat covering comprising'a plurality of substantially rectangular alined sections connected together by means of an apron having its opposite ends secured to the two sections approximately mid-way of the length of each section along lines extending transversely to the lengthwise dimension of the covering.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aiiix my signature.

HARRY J. JOACHIM. 

